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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1932-08-12

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1932-08-12, page 01

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Central Oltio's Only
Jewish Nezvspaper
Reaching Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Demoted to American
and
Jeimsh Ideals
VOL. XV—No. 8'5
COLUMBUS, OHIO. AUGUvST 12, 1932
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
Tunis Authorities Still Fear Possible Renewal of Arab- Jewish Clash
Soliloquizing?
So Louis Sobol, Hearst columnist says he would Iil<c to be able to go iii> to bis cliief, when the latter calls for his column, and say—"Go fly a (kite—I'm going fishing." Uiit lie can't afford it. Well* Sobol is lucky. Think what it would be if be were a Jewish cohimiiist. Just confined lo tbe Jewish field. Unless the crazy thing is Jewish, you can't write aboilt it. You know how Dana tlefiilcd news. Jf a <log bites a man, it is not news, 'but if a man bites a dojg, then h is news. But with Jewish news, its got to be a Jewish dog. And so few of the dogs ¦ arc Jewish. Jacob Fishman, editor of' the Jewish Morning Journal, is one of tlie fastest column writers I know. Really, all columns should be v;» , written fast. If they arc labored, the
y ^ chances are tbey will appear so, and
who will read a labored column? By the way, one Jewish columnist lias droi>pcd out—1 mean Morris Margulies, the new Secretary of the Zionist Or¬ ganization. He was the MemShinHay of The Zionist, olav hashalom, which has disappeared with the incoming of the new Zionist administration. Mar¬ gulies used to Ije with the New Vork Telegranii, then he got money-struck aiid went oh the road selling. Now he's in charge of the .selling of Zionism to, the public. He has initiative—he's generally liked. He ought to make good^-'aiKl also get married. How can a man talk about a Jewish National Home—if he has no , home of his owii? But, look who's talk¬ ing? . , ,
PARIS—(J. T. A.)—Military aUach- nients are still assisting the local police at Fax, a scuporl coiniminity in Tunis, maintaining order and guardiiifj; against the possible renewal uf tlireatciicd anti- Jewish disturbances. A teii.<ic situation has developed there as a result of a re Iiort which Arab,s iiave been sprcjidiuL. lliat Jews are responsible for tlie <lcRtruc- tion of all Mosques in Kussia.
Tbe charge has also been ina<lc there that a Jewish doctor was respniisible for the deaHi of an Arab patient whom he had been treating. In order to prevent the spread of this rumor the autliorities ordered an investigation and establisHed that the Arab had died from natural causes.
A local Arab tribunal condemned sev¬ eral .\rabs who participated in the recent disturl)ances, sentencing those found guilty to imprisonment ranging from a few days to three months. The same court,_ however, also sentenced tvvo Jews to thirty days' imprisonmeiit because of their efforts at self-defense.
A local publication makes the assertion that sbbrtly .before tbe outbreaks against the Jews, thirty Palestine Arabs arrived in Tunis and it is believed that they pri pared the ground for the disturbances.
Canadian Jewry Celebrates Hundreth Anniversary of Political Equality
By ALEXANDER I. PAKSKY
Canadian Jewry is npw cclcl)ratiiig the scntativc of tlic people.
Sisterhood Vacation Day to
Be Observed on August
17th
That Was a gootl story by the way that Lee Kaplail, who just returned from Palestine, told.' It's all about the Hadassali hospitals in Palestine. It ap¬ pears that in Palestine the Hadassah in¬ stitutions have a reputation for getting on,very intimate terms,with their clien¬ tele. In fact, I am told, too much so. Well, Miss Kaplan tells this one anent the; extent of this intimacy. ¦-.
Mrs: Cohen was in the hospital. To lie more specific, she was in the receiving ward, waiting for, the doctor lo diagnose and prescribe. Along came the medico. , "Well, what's troubling you, Mrs. Cohen ?" queried the doctor ¦ with the beaming benevolence characteristic of the staff. . -
"Well, you sec, it is this way," re¬ plied Mrs. Cohen. "You sec we used to live in Jerusalem. That was a good many years ago. At tliat time the popula¬ tion of Jerusalem was a good deal smaller than it is today. I should say, in fact, that since then the population of Jerusalem has almost doubled."
"Yes, yes," said the doctor, "but what's troubling you ?"
"I am coming to that very quickly," said Mrs. Cohen. "As I said, we used to live in Jerusalem. You know Jeru¬ salem then had none of the tall build¬ ings that it has today. But anyway—to be very brief, one day, my husband took a trip to Tel Aviv. Well, you know how husbands are. Some husbands are very good—and some should be in prison. Well, my husband, soil er gesund sein is not so bad. So he went to Tel Aviv, and you know how men are. Well, to make a long story short, he liked Tel Aviv. Some ipeoplc like Jerusalem bet¬ ter and some people like Tel Aviv bet¬ ter. It's an old story some people like herring and some don't like it. So my husband opened a store in Tel Aviv.
"Well, one day, I was staying in the store with my husband, and I decided I would go out for a little walk. So I said to my husband, 'Chayim, I am go¬ ing to take a walk.' You see my hus¬ band's name is Chayim. So I went out for a walk. Well, I enjoyed the walk very much, and when I came back, I was hungry like two bears and a gorilla. So I goes Id the ice-box, and eats some fish, and doctor, I don't believe the fish (Continued on page 2)
As recommended by the National. Fed¬ erations of Temple Sisterhood, the an¬ nual Sisterhood Vacation Day will 'be observed by the Rose.E, Lazarus Sister¬ hood on Wednesday afternoon, August ITth, at the home of Mrs, Allen Gundcr¬ sheimer, 42 Park Drive, Bexley,
Mrs. Gundcrsheimer is first vice presi¬ dent of the Sisterhood as well as chair¬ man of Programs; together with Mrs. Isaac: Wolf, 1414 Madisoa Avenue, she is in.charge of the arrangements for the musical tea. Every Sisterhood member is cordially invited.
-Mrs. Isaac Wolf, chairman of Hos¬ pitality; Mrs, Leo Vassenoff, vice-chair¬ man, and the following, members of the Hospitality committee will serve as hos¬ tesses : Mrs. Herbert Byer, Mrs. Max Harmon, Mrs. J. C. Goodman, Mrs. Sa¬ rah Jacobs; Mrs. Leonard Kdhn, Mrs. Max Herzberg, Mrs. Max Jacobs, Mrs. Alfred Kobacker, Mrs, E. J. Gordon, Mrs. M. Wallach, Mrs. J, Spira, Mrs, II. Lieverman and Mrs. S.' M. Levy.
The group of ladies assisting Mrs. Gundcrsheimer and Mrs. Wolf in mak¬ ing arrangements will include Mrs. Charles Cahen, chairman, of the Tele¬ phone Squad; Mrs. Alfred Guggenheim, vice chairman; Mrs. Allan \Tarshish, Mrs. Marcus Wolf, Mrs. Blanche Fox, Mrs. Ralph Rosenthal, Mrs. Raymond Isaac, Mrs. Harry Kohn, Mrs. Robert Weiler, Mrs, Marcus 'Feder, Mrs. Lewis Basch, and Mrs. Louis A. Madison.
Those .desiring to play cards,'may have this arranged by calling Mrs. I., Wolf, FA. 83.55, or Mrs. Gundcrsheimer, EV. 4,127.
Columbus A. Z. A. Chapter to
Be Host to E. 0. C.
Convention
Columbus A. Z. A. Chapter LW of the B'nai B'rith will be host to the first Eastern Ohio Council convention on Sep¬ tember 1th, 5th and Cth. The last E. O, C. convention was staged in Akron ir July and attracted over 100 delegates from various chairters throughout East¬ ern Ohio. As Columbus is centrally lo^ cated, the local chapter anticipates from 150 to 200 delegates to attend the meet¬ ings here.
Chapters to be represented at the con¬ vention will be Canton, Akron, Bell^iire, Cohimbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Warren and several smaller towns. Special in¬ vitations have been issued to Indianap¬ olis and Beaver F'alls, Pa., to attend.
Meetings will be held in the conven¬ tion hall of the Southern Hotel. Finan¬ cial, business, welfare, social and A, Z. A. betterment subjects will be discussed at the conclave.
A dance honoring the convention dele¬ gates will be held Sunday, Sept. 4, which is expected to be one of the outstanding social events of (he season.
The local A. Z. A. had as their guest speaker Attorney I. W. Garek at a re- cent meeting. Mr. Garek, former as¬ sistant Franklin County prosecutor, made an inspiring oration regarding the ac¬ tivities of Adolph Hitler in Germany,
NOTES FROM THE JEWISH INFANTS HOME OF OHIO
A contribution was received from Mrs. Edward. Furst in memory of Mrs, Sara Sommar of Chicago.
In honor of little Allan Isaac Wolf's second. birthday, Mrs. E. J. Gordon en¬ tertained the kiddies at the home with a treat, which was greatly enjoyed by tbem all.
The Infants' Home of Ohio is at this time making an effort to locate a 'baby carriage for its new member, a four- week old infant. Any one who might have a .carriage they dan donate to tbe Home, will please get in touch with Mrs. J. C. Goodman, FA. 572-2. This donation will be greatly appreciated by the officers and the board. .
Voliner Society Picnic
The .Voliner Society will hold its an¬ nual picnic on Sunday, August 14th, at Edgewater Park. Elaborate prepara¬ tions for this affair has been made 'by the committee in charge. Tliere will be dancing, swimming, and games included in the day's program. There will be prizes for the children, and a $200.00 Frigidaire to be given away to the lucky holder of a drawing ticket contest.. Five tons of coal, donated by the C H. Fur¬ man Coal Company, will also be given away.
The Voliner Society is one of the old¬ est cliaritable organizations in this city, and deserves your patronage. Trans¬ portation to the park is free. A bus will leave Livingston Avenue car line at 12:30, and every half hour thereafter.
Be sure and come out to the Voliner Picnic tomorrow (Sunday) at Edge- water Park.
hundredth anniversary of its ac(iuisition of political equality. On June ¦">, 18:12, His Majesty the King of England, sanc¬ tioned the law adopted by the Canadian As.seinbly according to which the Jews of Canada were recognized as British subjects, and entitled to enjoy all the rights and privileges of other subjects. Although the history of the Jews in Canada goes back three hundred years, only in the twentieth century was a con¬ siderable Jewish settlement established there. True, when compared with the 4,500,000 Jews in the United States, the 170,000 Jewisli population in Canada is rather smalt. But, although it-is greatly inHuenced by the greater and older Jew¬ ish community in America, Canadian Jewry succeeds in maintaining its own characteristics and independence. While culturally and socially it depends greatly on the large Jewish center, in New York, Canadian Jewry has established its own life, its own press and institutions, woi'k- ing independently of the central Jewish organizations of America.
Canadian Jewry, though smaller in number, has gained an important posi¬ tion in the life of World Jewry. The voice of the Canadian Jews is of late to be heard at most of Jewish world con¬ gresses and conventions. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that in the past two decades a rather important Jewish center has been built there and still more, per¬ haps, the fact that Canada has of late (before the economic world crisis) lie- conie an important center of Jewish im¬ migration.
Little attention was previously paid to Canada as a country i for Jewish settle¬ ment, although that country had at the same time absorbed millions of immi¬ grants from many, lands. But,a great change in this respect occurred at the beginning of this century, especially in the last years before the world crisis. While the United States has completely shut its doors for immigrants, Canada, before the crisis, left its doors half- open. This because Canada, whose area is greater than that, of the United States and Alaska combined, has a population of only a little over teii million. It is pos¬ sible that Canada might have become the most important Jewish immigration cen¬ ter, had not the economic world crisis intervened.
The Jews in Canada have not attained the status of political equality without difficulty. It took tvventy-five years of political struggle on the part of the then very.small Jewish community, number¬ ing only -107 souls. But it is noteworthy that Canada extended full political rights to the Jews more than a quarter of a century, before Great Britain did. , How¬ ever, in Canada, just as in the mother counthy, Britain,'the ^hole question re¬ volved around certain civil rights of Jews with regard to communal matters, not being, discriminated against in any other respect and having from the very outset, the .right of settling wherever they wished and of employment in all vacations.
It is noteworthy, too, that 100 years ago as today the anti-Semites had utilized anti-Jewish propaganda for their polit¬ ical purposes, in their fight against the authorities in power. Just as today a group of French Canadians are involved in bitter anti-Semitic agitation in the Canadian province of Quebec, the na¬ tionalistic French .population in Can¬ ada 100 years ago made use of anti' Semitism to advance their aspirations. , Canada, previously a French colony named "New Friends" became British territory in 17G0. But during the years which followed, a bitter political fight raged between the French nationalistic population and the English authorities. This political animosity sharpened in the year 1808 when Sir James Henry Craig was appointed English Governor of Can¬ ada. Craig was a soldier and not a pol¬ itician. He ruled with an iron hand and promptly suppressed the demands of the dissatisfied French population.
The As.sembly, of which the majority of members were French, thereupon looked for an opportunity to wreak re¬ venge upon their rival, the English Gov¬ ernor. Siich an opportunity presented itself and as usual the scape-goat was a Jew.
Ezekicl Hart (born in Three Rivers in 1770, died 1843), a son of the first per¬ manent Jewish settler in Canada, was in 1807 elected to the Legislative Assembly. At the opening of the Assembly Ezekiel Hart refused to take the oath in the Christian manner and form in which it was proposed to him. He insiste<I upon an oath according to the Jewish custom —hand upon the Old Testament and head covered. On the next day he appeared in the Parliament,and occupied his seat. Protests and objections were heard from the French majority of the house. The French leaders saw a good opportunity to take vengeance upon the English au¬ thorities. They contended that the oath of Ezekiel Hart was not in conformity with the constitution and that a deputy whose religious persuasion did not allow of taking the oath in the usual form and on "the true faith of a Christian," could not legally sit in Parliament as a repre-
Noted Men to Participate in
Forthcoming Zionist
Convention
l''or two days the Assembly was a cen¬ ter of the must vehement discussions re¬ lating to Jewish rights as interpreted by English lavv. Tlic English minority pro¬ tested strongly and energetically against ejecting Hart as a member of the As¬ sembly. They fought most bitterly but their strenuous opposition was of no avail. 'It did not mitigate the attitude of so much bitter hostility dis'i)laye<l by the French members and when the resolution wEis taken to a vote it was carried by 21 votes against 5. Tbis was tantamount to a declaration by the Parliament of Lower Canada, that Jews had not the same rights and privileges as Christians and that no Jew therefore can sit in the Legislative Assembly as a representative of the people.'
Thus was concluded the first act of the contest which the question of Jewish disabilities in .Canada had occasioned. It, did not take long before the second act was started aiid with the same figure on the scene. In May 1808, new elections were beld in Three Rivera and Ezekiel Hart again presented himself as a can¬ didate, Despite the fact that Parliament bad annulled his mandate, the citizens of Three Rivers had the same regard for bim as before and with a handsome ma¬ jority be was reelected.
At the opening of the Legislative As¬ sembly, in April 180U. Ezekiel Hart again appeared and took his seat among the English niembci's. This so confused and surprised^ his opponents, the French members, tbat for some time he was left undistunbe<l but he was not allowed to enjoy his success for long. Nine days after the opening o.f the Assembly a Montreal representative drew the atten¬ tion of 'the House to Ezekiel Hart's presence, and the question as to his'right to sit tliere was raised. Motion after motion was framed and presented for adoption in order to deprive him r^f his mandate. Filially by a vote of 18 to 8 a decision was carried and for the sec¬ ond time Ezekiel Hart was- compelled to leave Parliament.
But this apparently did not completely satisfy the French majority. There was no safeguard against Hart's reappearance ill the House, should the citizens ot Three Rivers again entrust him with their mandate. Presently therefore, they introduced a bill to disqualify Jews from sitting in Parliament. ¦ This proposed measure aroused the ire and indignation of the Gpvernor-General Sir James Craig. He could no longer indifferently regard the scandalous spectacle which was enacted in the House and the arhf trary power which the majority sought to assume. The third reading of the bill was fixed for the 15th day of May, I80!> and to prevent this scandal from becom ing greater he quite brusquely dissolved the Assembly on the same day, address¬ ing the niembers in harsh terms.
"You have dissipated your time," he said, "in passing acts which appear to be unconstitutional infringements of the rights of the subjects and repugnant to the very letter of the statute of the Im¬ perial Parliament under which you hold your seats and to, have matured by pro¬ ceedings which amount¦ to a dereliction of the first principles of national jus¬ tice.'*
Years had passed. The spirit of the time had changed. It was keenly sensed that in the political atmosphere of the country and in Parliament a more liberal disposition towards Jews had been born. It was evident that both Houses of the Legislative Body had agreed to give the Jews greater freedom and taking, the necessary steps which would place them upon a level of equality with all other subjects. This psychological moment was fully taken advantage of.
On the ICth of March, 1831, a bill was introduced in the Parliament whereby Jews would be granted the same.rights and privileges as those enjoyed by other subjects in the province. This bill which the Jews considered as their "Magna Qiarta" passed the Lower and Upper House practically without discussion. <>n the 18th of March it went through its second reading and on the following dav, the 19th, this procedure was repeated, It seems that the Parliament wished to offer redress for its former wrongs. Only thus can be accounted the prompt man¬ ner in which the bill giving Jews rights has been adopted in order that it might sooner become a law. On March 31, it was reserved "for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, thereon", and on the Oth of June it was promulgated and declared a law. By this act the Jews of Canada became recognized as British subjects, who are entitled to enjoy all the rights and privileges of other subjects. Thia statute which wag. subsequently confirmetl by other laws passed, in order to give it a broader application estab¬ lished the fundamental rights of Jews in Canada, and declared that every Jew, whether British born or domiciled in the Province ''shall have th? right and privi¬ leges enjoyed by other subjects of the King, his heirs and successors, on all oc¬ casions and to all intents and purposes, and shall be .allowed to accept and fill every public office or trustworthy post in the Province, of whatever importance."
As I See It
By A. M» N.
Rabbi Jaiiies G. Heller of Cincinnati, a leader in the American Jewish Reform pulpit, and Professor S. Maximon, Reg¬ istrar of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, together with Morris Roth¬ enberg, President of the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America, will participate iti the furthcoming Zionist State Conven- tiuii, Saturday night and Sunday,. Sep¬ tember 17 and 18, at the Allcrton Hotel in Cleveland.
Habbi Heller will read a paper on "The Future of Zionism in America" at the Zionist SymiiDsiuin scheduled for Satur¬ day iiigbt in llic ballroom of the Aller^ tun Hotel,. Mr. A. II. J''riedbnd, noted educator and superintendent of the He¬ brew Schools ill Cleveland, will take part in the Symposium and will speak on the subject, "Cultural Implications of Zionism."
Rabbi Heller'is tbe Senior Rabbi of the Isaac M. Wise Temple of Cincinnati. He is a noted orator and one of the keenest intellects in the American pulpit. He is a former chairman of the National I'^xecutivc Committee of the Zionist Or¬ ganization of America. ¦
Mr. Maximon who is now connected with tile Hebrew Union College, is a Hebrew essayist and stylist. He was professor at the Institute of Religion in New York for Midrasli and Homolec- tics. fEeforc coming to the United States, he was in London associated with the great Hebrew philosopher, Achad Haam, and is one of his devoted disciples- Mrs. Cornelia .K. Hersch, president of the,Tri-State Hadassah Region,, letter to Mr. Isaac Carmel, endorses warmly the project. of organizing the Zionist State Organization of Ohio. Mrs, Hersch expresse<l the hope that the Ha¬ dassah Chapters throughout the State will enthusiastically respond to the call, issued by the Provisional Committee and will have a large representation at the Convention.
The Committee in charge of the ar¬ rangements for the Ohio State Zionist Convention to be held in Cleveland Sat¬ urday night and Sunday, September 17 and 18. are: Ezra Shapiro, Chairman; Rabbi James G. Heller and Dr. Jacob S. Golub of Cincinnati; Ben Duberstcin, Dayton; . Dr, B, W, Abramson, and Robert L. Mellman, Columbus; Oscar Altshuler and David Fish, Youngstown; Dr. F. Steincr, Akron; Rabbi Michael Lichtenstein, Toledo; Isaac Carmel, George J. Klein, Sigmund Braverman, Max Kohrman, Samuel Katz, and Al¬ fred Sachs of Qeveland.
Well-Known ,P u I p i t e e r
To Speak at Agudath
Achim
J. W. Zilberman, president of the Agu¬ dath Achim Congregation, announces tbat Rabbi Mordechai Hirschsprung, M. A., of Canton, Ohio, will occupy the pulpit of the .Agudaith Achim Congrega¬ tion Friday evening, August l'2th, Satur-. day morning, .•\u.ijast l^tli, and Sunday evening, Augu.st 14tli. On Friday and Sundav he will deliver his discourses in Enijlisb; on Saturday morning he will
Accor<ling lo the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a total of 874 Jewish settlers departed from Poland for Palestine in the nrst half of V.r,\~2 through the War¬ saw Central Palestine offices. A number sailed for Palestine through other agencies as well; the "back to Palestine" nioveinent is progressing beautifully"' despite the world-wide depression.
* * *. . ¦Professor Victor Levine, of the Col¬ lege of Law, Syracuse University, sailed for Europe last week to attend the In¬ ternational Congress of Comparative Law now in session at the tiague, Hol¬ land.
While in Euroiie Dr. Levine will represent the Jewish community of Syracuse at the World Jewish Confer¬ ence in (Jeiieva, Switzerland.
He has been a loyal friend of Rabbi Wise and is doing everything in his. power to co-operate with all the latter's plans and projects.
* * ' *, 1 have just been informed that Dr.
Sol J. Appelbaumi has been reappointed chairman of the Periodic Health Ex¬ amination Committee of the Rochester and Monroe County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
Dr. Apipelbaum's wiork in. this ca- ' pacity during the past year has been highly praised by public health officials throughout the state of, New York, and the periodic health examination cam¬ paign conducted in Rochester under Dr, Appelbaum's direction has aroused wide¬ spread interest in many sections of the
country.
* *
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical As.w- ciation and known far and wide for his exposure of fraudulent medical practice, has been awarded the insignia of the Commander of the Crown of Italy. The honor was conferred, on the eminent Chicago physician, editor, and author in recognition of his services to Italian medicine and Italian physicians. , The award was tendered and announced 'by Dr. G. Castruccio, Italian Consul Gen¬ eral in Chicago.
Dr.. Fishbein is editor of Hygeia as well as the Journal of the American Medical .Association, and the author of several books on medicine written for the laity and for the metlical profession, ¦ He is the most popular medical writer in the country,. For many years he has been a-regular contributor-to a number of leading magazines.
As a boy I knew Dr. Fishbein when he was still a. high school student in Indianapolis. His father was a man who combined business acumen' with wide Hebraic knowledge. As far back as 1907, friends in Indianapolis predicted a brilliant future- for yoiing Morris.
Important Meeting of J. E. L.
On Tuesday, August 16th. the mem- liership eominitlee of the Jewish Educa¬ tional League of Columbus will hold a very important meeting at the home of the chairman, Samuel Berman, 15ft Dana Ave. The following please take notice: Herman Katz, I, H. Schlezinger, M. A. Zeigler, Frank V. Bayer. Dr. Ralph Jaffee, Rabbi Zelizer, Dr. Don A. Schus¬
terman, Louis Schlezinger, Tobias Pol¬ ster. X. Wasserstrom, Ben Bonowitz, J. K. Borenstein, B. L. Dorman, Ben Fin¬ kelstein, AI Jaffee, Harry Kelleman, Ber¬ nard Pollak, H^rry Margulis, and Saul ROss.
The officers and any other members wishing to assist in the forthcoming con¬ certed membership drive are also invited to attend.
Rabbi Hirschsprung
[>reach in Yiddish. His addresses will deal with the general problems of the Jewish people here aud abroad.
Kabbi Hirschsprung is a brilliant rep¬ resentative of tile younger generation of American Orthodox rabbis. He has re¬ ceived a very thorough academic and tlieological training in famous institutions of learning. He has been actively iden¬ tified with every movement dedicated to the public weal. In every community where be has served as rabbi he acquired hosts of friends through the magnetism of hi.'i personality.
Rabbi Hirschsprung is contributing editor of the Stark County Jewish News and is also a frequent contributor to various Hebrew and Yiddish publications. The addresses he will deliver iii Colum¬ bus are open to the public.
Pierre Van Paasen, pro-Zionistic Hel- gian journalist, in an article, "Who Pays Hitler?" in a recent issue of Opinion, Stephen Wise's weekly periodical, says that Fi-eiich money is being used to maintain Hitler's organization with a view to combating the growing power of,Communism in eastern Europe. Van Paasen quotes a statement made in the French Chamber of Deputies that the French armament industry has recently transferred large sums to German banks to Hitler's credit. This charge should be thoroughly investigated by responsible Jewish leaders; usually Van Paasen is correct in his statements, for he is one of the most reliable newspapermen in all Europe.
Dr. Chaim Weizniann, who was re¬ placed by Dr. Nahum Sokolow as presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Palestine at the last World Congress because of the opposition to his leadership hy the then dominant Brandeis-Mack group in the Zionist Organization of America, has put a damiier on the zeal of his ad¬ herents, in this country and abroad, who might have been inclined to pave the way for his comeback at the gathering of the -Actions Committee in London last week. In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Dr. Weizmann de- clare<l that he is absorlied in his scicn- tific work and that he does not intend to change his present mo<le of life. He explained his unexpected appearance at the Actions Committee sessions as. due (Continued on page 2)
ANNUAL PICNIC The Women Pioneers o! Palestine will hold their annual picnic at Olentangy Park on Sunday, August 21st. Many prizes will be given away, and there will be games and contests for young and old throughout the day. Pack your baskets and bring out your family and friends for a pleasant and entertaining day out in the open, at Olentangy Park. Re¬ member the date—August 2l6t.
Big Agudath Achim Picnic Sunday at Olentangy
Mrs. S. Topolosky, chairman of the Agudath Achim Sisterhood picnic which is scheduled to take place at Olentangy Park, on Sunday, August Uth, wishes to announce at this time, that a big time is in store for all those who will be there. Aside from various contests, and games, a prize will be given away to the one. holding the lucky ticket, which is the ad¬ mission ticket to the picnic and park. Tickets can be procured from' any mem¬ ber of the Sisterhood, iind if you have not obtained your tickets thus far, do so now. Plan to bring your family and friends out to Olentangy Park tomorrow (Sunday).
The following members head the vari^ ous committees: Mrs, A. Thall, Mrs. A. Shafer, Mrs, J. Krakowitz, Mrs. S. Goldman. Mrs. I. Nutis, Mrs. A. Men¬ del, Mrs. J, Kaufman, Mrs. Max Ruben, Mrs. J. L. Lieberman, Mra. B. Lakin, Mrs. B. Wollmaii, and Mrs. A, Krakoff,
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Central Oltio's Only
Jewish Nezvspaper
Reaching Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Demoted to American
and
Jeimsh Ideals
VOL. XV—No. 8'5
COLUMBUS, OHIO. AUGUvST 12, 1932
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
Tunis Authorities Still Fear Possible Renewal of Arab- Jewish Clash
Soliloquizing?
So Louis Sobol, Hearst columnist says he would Iil to bis cliief, when the latter calls for his column, and say—"Go fly a (kite—I'm going fishing." Uiit lie can't afford it. Well* Sobol is lucky. Think what it would be if be were a Jewish cohimiiist. Just confined lo tbe Jewish field. Unless the crazy thing is Jewish, you can't write aboilt it. You know how Dana tlefiilcd news. Jf a pcd out—1 mean Morris Margulies, the new Secretary of the Zionist Or¬ ganization. He was the MemShinHay of The Zionist, olav hashalom, which has disappeared with the incoming of the new Zionist administration. Mar¬ gulies used to Ije with the New Vork Telegranii, then he got money-struck aiid went oh the road selling. Now he's in charge of the .selling of Zionism to, the public. He has initiative—he's generally liked. He ought to make good^-'aiKl also get married. How can a man talk about a Jewish National Home—if he has no , home of his owii? But, look who's talk¬ ing? . , ,
PARIS—(J. T. A.)—Military aUach- nients are still assisting the local police at Fax, a scuporl coiniminity in Tunis, maintaining order and guardiiifj; against the possible renewal uf tlireatciicd anti- Jewish disturbances. A teii., 18:12, His Majesty the King of England, sanc¬ tioned the law adopted by the Canadian As.seinbly according to which the Jews of Canada were recognized as British subjects, and entitled to enjoy all the rights and privileges of other subjects. Although the history of the Jews in Canada goes back three hundred years, only in the twentieth century was a con¬ siderable Jewish settlement established there. True, when compared with the 4,500,000 Jews in the United States, the 170,000 Jewisli population in Canada is rather smalt. But, although it-is greatly inHuenced by the greater and older Jew¬ ish community in America, Canadian Jewry succeeds in maintaining its own characteristics and independence. While culturally and socially it depends greatly on the large Jewish center, in New York, Canadian Jewry has established its own life, its own press and institutions, woi'k- ing independently of the central Jewish organizations of America.
Canadian Jewry, though smaller in number, has gained an important posi¬ tion in the life of World Jewry. The voice of the Canadian Jews is of late to be heard at most of Jewish world con¬ gresses and conventions. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that in the past two decades a rather important Jewish center has been built there and still more, per¬ haps, the fact that Canada has of late (before the economic world crisis) lie- conie an important center of Jewish im¬ migration.
Little attention was previously paid to Canada as a country i for Jewish settle¬ ment, although that country had at the same time absorbed millions of immi¬ grants from many, lands. But,a great change in this respect occurred at the beginning of this century, especially in the last years before the world crisis. While the United States has completely shut its doors for immigrants, Canada, before the crisis, left its doors half- open. This because Canada, whose area is greater than that, of the United States and Alaska combined, has a population of only a little over teii million. It is pos¬ sible that Canada might have become the most important Jewish immigration cen¬ ter, had not the economic world crisis intervened.
The Jews in Canada have not attained the status of political equality without difficulty. It took tvventy-five years of political struggle on the part of the then very.small Jewish community, number¬ ing only -107 souls. But it is noteworthy that Canada extended full political rights to the Jews more than a quarter of a century, before Great Britain did. , How¬ ever, in Canada, just as in the mother counthy, Britain,'the ^hole question re¬ volved around certain civil rights of Jews with regard to communal matters, not being, discriminated against in any other respect and having from the very outset, the .right of settling wherever they wished and of employment in all vacations.
It is noteworthy, too, that 100 years ago as today the anti-Semites had utilized anti-Jewish propaganda for their polit¬ ical purposes, in their fight against the authorities in power. Just as today a group of French Canadians are involved in bitter anti-Semitic agitation in the Canadian province of Quebec, the na¬ tionalistic French .population in Can¬ ada 100 years ago made use of anti' Semitism to advance their aspirations. , Canada, previously a French colony named "New Friends" became British territory in 17G0. But during the years which followed, a bitter political fight raged between the French nationalistic population and the English authorities. This political animosity sharpened in the year 1808 when Sir James Henry Craig was appointed English Governor of Can¬ ada. Craig was a soldier and not a pol¬ itician. He ruled with an iron hand and promptly suppressed the demands of the dissatisfied French population.
The As.sembly, of which the majority of members were French, thereupon looked for an opportunity to wreak re¬ venge upon their rival, the English Gov¬ ernor. Siich an opportunity presented itself and as usual the scape-goat was a Jew.
Ezekicl Hart (born in Three Rivers in 1770, died 1843), a son of the first per¬ manent Jewish settler in Canada, was in 1807 elected to the Legislative Assembly. At the opening of the Assembly Ezekiel Hart refused to take the oath in the Christian manner and form in which it was proposed to him. He insiste and to prevent this scandal from becom ing greater he quite brusquely dissolved the Assembly on the same day, address¬ ing the niembers in harsh terms.
"You have dissipated your time," he said, "in passing acts which appear to be unconstitutional infringements of the rights of the subjects and repugnant to the very letter of the statute of the Im¬ perial Parliament under which you hold your seats and to, have matured by pro¬ ceedings which amount¦ to a dereliction of the first principles of national jus¬ tice.'*
Years had passed. The spirit of the time had changed. It was keenly sensed that in the political atmosphere of the country and in Parliament a more liberal disposition towards Jews had been born. It was evident that both Houses of the Legislative Body had agreed to give the Jews greater freedom and taking, the necessary steps which would place them upon a level of equality with all other subjects. This psychological moment was fully taken advantage of.
On the ICth of March, 1831, a bill was introduced in the Parliament whereby Jews would be granted the same.rights and privileges as those enjoyed by other subjects in the province. This bill which the Jews considered as their "Magna Qiarta" passed the Lower and Upper House practically without discussion. <>n the 18th of March it went through its second reading and on the following dav, the 19th, this procedure was repeated, It seems that the Parliament wished to offer redress for its former wrongs. Only thus can be accounted the prompt man¬ ner in which the bill giving Jews rights has been adopted in order that it might sooner become a law. On March 31, it was reserved "for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure, thereon", and on the Oth of June it was promulgated and declared a law. By this act the Jews of Canada became recognized as British subjects, who are entitled to enjoy all the rights and privileges of other subjects. Thia statute which wag. subsequently confirmetl by other laws passed, in order to give it a broader application estab¬ lished the fundamental rights of Jews in Canada, and declared that every Jew, whether British born or domiciled in the Province ''shall have th? right and privi¬ leges enjoyed by other subjects of the King, his heirs and successors, on all oc¬ casions and to all intents and purposes, and shall be .allowed to accept and fill every public office or trustworthy post in the Province, of whatever importance."
As I See It
By A. M» N.
Rabbi Jaiiies G. Heller of Cincinnati, a leader in the American Jewish Reform pulpit, and Professor S. Maximon, Reg¬ istrar of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, together with Morris Roth¬ enberg, President of the Zionist Organi¬ zation of America, will participate iti the furthcoming Zionist State Conven- tiuii, Saturday night and Sunday,. Sep¬ tember 17 and 18, at the Allcrton Hotel in Cleveland.
Habbi Heller will read a paper on "The Future of Zionism in America" at the Zionist SymiiDsiuin scheduled for Satur¬ day iiigbt in llic ballroom of the Aller^ tun Hotel,. Mr. A. II. J''riedbnd, noted educator and superintendent of the He¬ brew Schools ill Cleveland, will take part in the Symposium and will speak on the subject, "Cultural Implications of Zionism."
Rabbi Heller'is tbe Senior Rabbi of the Isaac M. Wise Temple of Cincinnati. He is a noted orator and one of the keenest intellects in the American pulpit. He is a former chairman of the National I'^xecutivc Committee of the Zionist Or¬ ganization of America. ¦
Mr. Maximon who is now connected with tile Hebrew Union College, is a Hebrew essayist and stylist. He was professor at the Institute of Religion in New York for Midrasli and Homolec- tics. fEeforc coming to the United States, he was in London associated with the great Hebrew philosopher, Achad Haam, and is one of his devoted disciples- Mrs. Cornelia .K. Hersch, president of the,Tri-State Hadassah Region,, letter to Mr. Isaac Carmel, endorses warmly the project. of organizing the Zionist State Organization of Ohio. Mrs, Hersch expressereach in Yiddish. His addresses will deal with the general problems of the Jewish people here aud abroad.
Kabbi Hirschsprung is a brilliant rep¬ resentative of tile younger generation of American Orthodox rabbis. He has re¬ ceived a very thorough academic and tlieological training in famous institutions of learning. He has been actively iden¬ tified with every movement dedicated to the public weal. In every community where be has served as rabbi he acquired hosts of friends through the magnetism of hi.'i personality.
Rabbi Hirschsprung is contributing editor of the Stark County Jewish News and is also a frequent contributor to various Hebrew and Yiddish publications. The addresses he will deliver iii Colum¬ bus are open to the public.
Pierre Van Paasen, pro-Zionistic Hel- gian journalist, in an article, "Who Pays Hitler?" in a recent issue of Opinion, Stephen Wise's weekly periodical, says that Fi-eiich money is being used to maintain Hitler's organization with a view to combating the growing power of,Communism in eastern Europe. Van Paasen quotes a statement made in the French Chamber of Deputies that the French armament industry has recently transferred large sums to German banks to Hitler's credit. This charge should be thoroughly investigated by responsible Jewish leaders; usually Van Paasen is correct in his statements, for he is one of the most reliable newspapermen in all Europe.
Dr. Chaim Weizniann, who was re¬ placed by Dr. Nahum Sokolow as presi¬ dent of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Palestine at the last World Congress because of the opposition to his leadership hy the then dominant Brandeis-Mack group in the Zionist Organization of America, has put a damiier on the zeal of his ad¬ herents, in this country and abroad, who might have been inclined to pave the way for his comeback at the gathering of the -Actions Committee in London last week. In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Dr. Weizmann de- clare